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SUBMITTER: Salazar CR
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3384024 | biostudies-literature | 2012 Feb
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Salazar Christian R CR Francois Fritz F Li Yihong Y Corby Patricia P Hays Rosemary R Leung Celine C Bedi Sukhleen S Segers Stephanie S Queiroz Erica E Sun Jinghua J Wang Beverly B Ho Hao H Craig Ronald R Cruz Gustavo D GD Blaser Martin J MJ Perez-Perez Guillermo G Hayes Richard B RB Dasanayake Ananda A Pei Zhiheng Z Chen Yu Y
Carcinogenesis 20111201 2
Although recent studies have suggested that tooth loss is positively related to the risk of gastric non-cardia cancer, the underlying oral health conditions potentially responsible for the association remain unknown. We investigated whether clinical and behavioral measures of oral health are associated with the risk of gastric precancerous lesions. We conducted a cross-sectional study of 131 patients undergoing upper gastrointestinal endoscopy. Cases were defined as those with gastric precancero ...[more]